Bethel, NC Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bethel, North Carolina, shaded from 50 ft on the south side to 71 ft near the middle
Elevation
83 ft 25 m75 ft 23 m71 ft 22 m63 ft 19 m55 ft 17 m51 ft 15 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bethel sits at about 64 ft (20 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
64 ft 20 m
most residents: 60–68 ft
Lowest
50 ft 15 m
on the south side
Highest
71 ft 22 m
near the middle
Average
64 ft 19 m
all land inside town limits

Bethel is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 21 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
64 ft20 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, near the middle
71 ft22 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the south side
50 ft15 m
Town center
USGS map point for Bethel
69 ft21 m
Airport (PGV)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi south of the town limits
26 ft8 m
Average of all land64 ft19 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bethel, North Carolina, shaded from 50 ft on the south side to 71 ft near the middle
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States
Population
1,407 2024 est.
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
1,279 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.8071° N, 77.3789° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Tar River → Pamlico River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Pitt-Greenville (PGV) 26 ft
ZIP codes 1
27812
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Oak City81 ft
  2. Hassell78 ft
  3. Parmele74 ft
  4. Falkland72 ft
  5. Robersonville71 ft
  6. Tarboro69 ft
  7. Bethel64 ft
  8. Conetoe50 ft
  9. Princeville43 ft
  10. Stokes42 ft
  11. Belvoir37 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • The Hill74 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.